Catamount Trail Association Bio

Founded in 1984, the Catamount Trail Association (CTA) is a non-profit, member-driven organization based in Burlington, VT that builds, manages, and conserves the 300-mile Catamount Trail, a public access ski trail. CTA will use the grant to conserve the remaining 90 miles of unprotected Catamount Trail. The specific project includes improving outreach to landowners, collaborating with local communities and partner organizations, negotiating trail easements with private landowners, and completing these important land transactions. This project will help guarantee 300 miles of non-motorized winter public access from one end of Vermont to the other. The goal of this project is to protect affordable, accessible opportunities to recreate in the backcountry of Vermont’s winter landscape. The CTA believes this grant will allow it to significantly expand the amount of Trail that will be protected by the end of December 2009.